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18 Citations
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12 Pages

The Role of Impulsivity and Self-Control in Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt

  • Aleena Martin,
  • Mitchell Oehlman,
  • Jacinta Hawgood and
  • John O’Gorman

Two studies are reported examining the relation of self-control, as measured by self-report inventories, to indices of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. In the first study (n = 113), self-control related significantly (p < 0.05) and negative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,125 Views
15 Pages

Urban Stress Indirectly Influences Psychological Symptoms through Its Association with Distress Tolerance and Perceived Social Support among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

  • Daphne C. Hernandez,
  • Sajeevika S. Daundasekara,
  • Michael J. Zvolensky,
  • Lorraine R. Reitzel,
  • Diane Santa Maria,
  • Adam C. Alexander,
  • Darla E. Kendzor and
  • Michael S. Businelle

Traditionally, intrapersonal characteristics (distress tolerance) and interpersonal characteristics (social support) have been studied separately rather than simultaneously. In the current study, we address this gap by simultaneously examining these...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,217 Views
14 Pages

Precarious Employment and Chronic Stress: Do Social Support Networks Matter?

  • Francesc Belvis,
  • Mireia Bolíbar,
  • Joan Benach and
  • Mireia Julià

Precarious employment has been identified as a potentially damaging stressor. Conversely, social support networks have a well-known protective effect on health and well-being. The ways in which precariousness and social support may interact have scar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,927 Views
8 Pages

The Discovery of the Buffer Capacity of Various Types of Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules

  • Alexey V. Dubrovskii,
  • Aleksandr L. Kim,
  • Egor V. Musin,
  • Bulat R. Ramazanov and
  • Sergey A. Tikhonenko

21 November 2021

Polyelectrolyte microcapsules, which are obtained by the method of alternate adsorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes onto colloidal particles of micron size, are widely used in science and industry. Nevertheless, the properties of microcaps...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,105 Views
14 Pages

This study used a cross-sectional design and a person-centered approach in order to test the addictive and interactive strain hypotheses of Job Demands–Control Model to explain burnout. A large sample (n = 6357) of Portuguese workers (nurses, b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,707 Views
9 Pages

Polyelectrolyte microcapsules (PMCs) are used in the development of new forms of drugs, coatings and diagnostic systems. Their buffer capacity, depending on the conditions of the medium, has not been practically studied, although it can affect the st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
20,387 Views
20 Pages

Subjective wellbeing (SWB) is positively associated with both social connectedness and contact with natural environments. However, few studies have explored how these two predictors of SWB might interact. The current work hypothesised that high level...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,761 Views
16 Pages

Comparison of Gridded DEMs by Buffering

  • Francisco Javier Ariza-López and
  • Juan Francisco Reinoso-Gordo

30 July 2021

Comparing two digital elevation models (DEMs), S1 (reference) and S2 (product), in order to get the S2 quality, has usually been performed on sampled points. However, it seems more natural, as we propose, comparing both DEMs using 2.5D surfaces: appl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,834 Views
15 Pages

10 June 2020

The job demands–control model (JDC) postulates that an increased control over work resources mitigates or “buffers” the positive association between job stressors and strainers. However, the inconclusive validation of the buffering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,296 Views
15 Pages

N-acetyltaurine and Acetylcarnitine Production for the Mitochondrial Acetyl-CoA Regulation in Skeletal Muscles during Endurance Exercises

  • Teruo Miyazaki,
  • Yuho Nakamura-Shinya,
  • Kei Ebina,
  • Shoichi Komine,
  • Song-Gyu Ra,
  • Keisuke Ishikura,
  • Hajime Ohmori and
  • Akira Honda

6 August 2021

During endurance exercises, a large amount of mitochondrial acetyl-CoA is produced in skeletal muscles from lipids, and the excess acetyl-CoA suppresses the metabolic flux from glycolysis to the TCA cycle. This study evaluated the hypothesis that tau...

  • Review
  • Open Access
86 Citations
14,775 Views
28 Pages

Defining Coral Bleaching as a Microbial Dysbiosis within the Coral Holobiont

  • Aurélie Boilard,
  • Caroline E. Dubé,
  • Cécile Gruet,
  • Alexandre Mercière,
  • Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda and
  • Nicolas Derome

Coral microbiomes are critical to holobiont health and functioning, but the stability of host–microbial interactions is fragile, easily shifting from eubiosis to dysbiosis. The heat-induced breakdown of the symbiosis between the host and its di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,091 Views
14 Pages

Human Skin Permeation Enhancement Using PLGA Nanoparticles Is Mediated by Local pH Changes

  • Javiana Luengo,
  • Marc Schneider,
  • Anna M. Schneider,
  • Claus-Michael Lehr and
  • Ulrich F. Schaefer

The steady improvement and optimization of transdermal permeation is a constant and challenging pharmaceutical task. In this study the influence of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles on the dermal permeation of the anti-inflammatory drug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,937 Views
13 Pages

This paper examines a loss spiral model (i.e., reciprocal relationships) between work-family conflict and depression, moderated by co-worker support. We expected that the moderation effect due to co-worker support would be evident among those working...

  • Article
  • Open Access
779 Views
17 Pages

11 November 2025

Evaluating the management effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) is critical for refining conservation strategies. One of the key components in the management of PA is the regulation of human disturbance. We evaluated the management effectiveness of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
6,217 Views
11 Pages

Indoxyl Sulfate, a Uremic Toxin, Stimulates Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Erythrocyte Cell Death Supposedly by an Organic Anion Transporter 2 (OAT2) and NADPH Oxidase Activity-Dependent Pathways

  • Gabriela Ferreira Dias,
  • Natalia Borges Bonan,
  • Thiago Maass Steiner,
  • Sara Soares Tozoni,
  • Silvia Rodrigues,
  • Lia Sumie Nakao,
  • Viktoriya Kuntsevich,
  • Roberto Pecoits Filho,
  • Peter Kotanko and
  • Andréa N. Moreno-Amaral

5 July 2018

It is hypothesized that the uremic toxin indoxyl sulfate (IS) plays a role in the pathogenesis of renal anemia. To further explore that hypothesis, we examined the effects of IS on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, levels of reduced glutathio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,524 Views
16 Pages

The Shield of Self-Esteem: Buffering against the Impact of Traumatic Experiences, Fear, Anxiety, and Depression

  • Alessandro Alberto Rossi,
  • Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli,
  • Isabel Fernandez,
  • Roberta Invernizzi,
  • Anna Panzeri,
  • Federica Taccini and
  • Stefania Mannarini

4 October 2024

Background: Adverse life occurrences (e.g., severe accidents, violence/abuse, organic disorders such as COVID-19) can elicit traumatic responses that heighten fear, anxiety, and depression. However, scientific research has shown that certain variable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,373 Views
13 Pages

23 January 2025

Habitat fragmentation and reduction in the Cerrado are the primary threats to this biome’s biodiversity. The amount of habitat in the landscape has been proposed as the sole predictor variable for species richness in fragmented areas, potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,293 Views
15 Pages

In Vitro Detoxification of Fumonisin B1 (FB1) into Hydrolyzed Fumonisin B1 (HFB1) by Lactobacillus spp. Isolated from Pig Caecum

  • Huu Anh Dang,
  • Attila Zsolnai,
  • Mariam Kachlek,
  • Veronika Halas,
  • Diana Giannuzzi,
  • Stefano Schiavon and
  • Isaac Hyeladi Malgwi

30 October 2025

The metabolic capacity of swine caecum-derived Lactobacillus spp. to biotransform mycotoxins presents promising potential as a host-probiotic strategy to improve pig health and support host-targeted probiotic research. In the present study, Lactobaci...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,502 Views
9 Pages

Blueberry (Vacciniumcorymbosum interspecific hybrids) production in soilless substrates is becoming increasingly popular. Soilless substrates have low pH buffering capacity. Blueberry plants preferentially take up ammonium, which acidifies the rhizos...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,360 Views
24 Pages

Characterization of Surfactant Spheroidal Micelle Structure for Pharmaceutical Applications: A Novel Analytical Framework

  • Liberato De Caro,
  • Thibaud Stoll,
  • Arnaud Grandeury,
  • Fabia Gozzo and
  • Cinzia Giannini

We introduce an innovative theoretical framework tailored for the analysis of Pair Distribution Function (PDF) data derived from Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) measurements of core-shell micelles. The new approach involves the exploitation of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,319 Views
16 Pages

The study purpose was to train and validate a deep learning approach to detect microscale streetscape features related to pedestrian physical activity. This work innovates by combining computer vision techniques with Google Street View (GSV) images t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,164 Views
18 Pages

Risk capital or capital at risk (CaR) refers to the amount of capital set aside and maintained by banks to cover different types of risk. For banks, it is used as a buffer against claims or expenses in the event that ordinary capital is not enough to...

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  • Open Access
918 Views
9 Pages

Ultra-Weak Photon Emission from Crown Ethers Exposed to Fenton’s Reagent Fe2+-H2O2

  • Michał Nowak,
  • Krzysztof Sasak,
  • Anna Wlodarczyk,
  • Izabela Grabska-Kobylecka,
  • Agata Sarniak and
  • Dariusz Nowak

5 August 2025

We hypothesized that compounds containing ether linkages within their backbone structures, when exposed to hydroxyl radicals (•OH), can generate ultra-weak photon emission (UPE) as a result of the formation of triplet excited carbonyl species (3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,632 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2023

Kañawa/Cañihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) is the lesser-known cousin of the domesticated Andean pseudocereal quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.). In 1970, Daniel Gade hypothesized that Andean farmers may have domesticated voluntee...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,287 Views
15 Pages

Protocells Either Synchronize or Starve

  • Marco Villani and
  • Roberto Serra

2 February 2025

Two different processes take place in self-reproducing protocells, i.e., (i) cell reproduction by fission and (ii) duplication of the genetic material. One major problem is indeed that of assuring that the two processes take place at the same pace, i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
18,025 Views
9 Pages

Evaluation of the Transepidermal Penetration of a Carnosine Complex in Gel Formulation by 3D Skin Models

  • Valeria Dissette,
  • Carlo Alberto Bignozzi,
  • Giuseppe Valacchi,
  • Alessandra Pecorelli,
  • Stefano Manfredini and
  • Silvia Vertuani

14 November 2018

Carnosine has several physiological roles, from intracellular pH buffering to antioxidant activities, which all depend on bioavailability. This study was conducted in a human skin 3D model and focuses on the effects of the topical delivery of carnosi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,827 Views
23 Pages

31 July 2021

The vascular hypothesis used to explain the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that a dysfunction of the cerebral microvasculature could be the beginning of alterations that ultimately leads to neuronal damage, and an abnormal incre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
16,280 Views
16 Pages

Tank Cascade Systems as a Sustainable Measure of Watershed Management in South Asia

  • Wiebke Bebermeier,
  • Julia Meister,
  • Chandana Rohana Withanachchi,
  • Ingo Middelhaufe and
  • Brigitta Schütt

22 March 2017

In the dry zone of Sri Lanka, human-made reservoirs have served for the collection, storage and distribution of rainfall and runoff and provide irrigation water for the cultivation of paddy for 2000 years. This paper introduces the layout and functio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,495 Views
14 Pages

Patterns of vector-borne disease risk are changing globally in space and time and elevated disease risk of vector-borne infection can be driven by anthropogenic modification of the environment. Incidence of Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,481 Views
17 Pages

It has been reported that, in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) model of hypertension, different components of the G-protein/adenylate cyclase (AC)/Calcium-activated potassium channel of high conductance (BK) channel signaling pathway are alte...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,143 Views
21 Pages

Oxytocin Signaling as a Target to Block Social Defeat-Induced Increases in Drug Abuse Reward

  • Carmen Ferrer-Pérez,
  • Marina D. Reguilón,
  • José Miñarro and
  • Marta Rodríguez-Arias

27 February 2021

There is huge scientific interest in the neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) due to its putative capacity to modulate a wide spectrum of physiological and cognitive processes including motivation, learning, emotion, and the stress response. The present revie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,764 Views
20 Pages

Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Shows Anti-Cancer Properties That are Attributed to Its Buffering Capacity

  • Yehudit Natan,
  • Yigal Dov Blum,
  • Amir Arav,
  • Ylena Poliansky,
  • Sara Neuman,
  • Orit Ecker Cohen and
  • Yossi Ben

26 July 2023

Aim: Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is a non-crystalline form of calcium carbonate, and it is composed of aggregated nano-size primary particles. Here, we evaluated its anti-cancer effect postulated relative to its buffering capabilities in lung c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,693 Views
11 Pages

The adjustment process to becoming a mother is affected by culture. However, earlier studies have not clarified the relationship between parenting stress, social support, and maternal confidence in non-Western women. This study examined the associati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,513 Views
25 Pages

30 December 2022

Indicators of nitrogen economy in winter wheat during vegetative development are a reliable tool for yield prognosis. This hypothesis was verified in a field experiment, carried out in the 2013/2014, 2014/2015, and 2015/2016 seasons. The field experi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,403 Views
20 Pages

In this preregistered study we evaluate current attitudes towards, and experiences with, publishing research and propose an alternative system of publishing. Our main hypothesis is that researchers tend to become institutionalized, such that they are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,195 Views
11 Pages

Novel Coating to Minimize Corrosion of Glass-Ceramics for Dental Applications

  • Shu-Min Hsu,
  • Fan Ren,
  • Zhiting Chen,
  • Mijin Kim,
  • Chaker Fares,
  • Arthur E. Clark,
  • Dan Neal and
  • Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw

8 March 2020

The effect of a novel silicon carbide (SiC) coating on the chemical durability of a fluorapatite glass-ceramic veneer was investigated by examining weight loss and ion release levels. The hypothesis that this novel coating will exhibit significant co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,346 Views
18 Pages

22 December 2021

Polyelectrolyte microgels may undergo volume phase transition upon loading and the release of amphiphilic molecules, a process important in drug delivery. The new phase is “born” in the outermost gel layers, whereby it grows inward as a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,905 Views
19 Pages

Traditional Japanese architecture is known for its open, ambiguous spatial boundaries (“kyokai”), which integrate nature and dwelling through Zen/Shinto philosophies. Yet modern urban housing, driven by high-density minimalism, flattens s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,416 Views
14 Pages

8 July 2021

Reducing the size of ambient magnetic flux trapping during cooldown in superconducting radio-frequency niobium cavities is essential to reaching the lowest power dissipation as required for continuous wave application. Here, it is suggested that appl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,605 Views
11 Pages

Larvae of the Clothing Moth Tineola bisselliella Maintain Gut Bacteria that Secrete Enzyme Cocktails to Facilitate the Digestion of Keratin

  • Andreas Vilcinskas,
  • Michael Schwabe,
  • Karina Brinkrolf,
  • Rudy Plarre,
  • Natalie Wielsch and
  • Heiko Vogel

The evolutionary success of insects is promoted by their association with beneficial microbes that enable the utilization of unusual diets. The synanthropic clothing moth Tineola bisselliella provides an intriguing example of this phenomenon. The cat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,392 Views
23 Pages

Environmental Factors Influencing the Establishment of the Invasive Australian Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in a Biosphere Reserve on the Central Mexican Plateau

  • Omar Y. Durán-Rodríguez,
  • Daniel A. García-Ávila,
  • J. Andrés Valencia-Espinosa,
  • Eugenio Arroyo-Reséndiz,
  • Martín J. Torres-Olvera and
  • Juan P. Ramírez-Herrejón

21 March 2025

Crustaceans are among the most successful taxonomic groups in invasions worldwide. Humans can facilitate these invasions through introductions and disturbances in habitats. The Australian redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is an invasive speci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,162 Views
13 Pages

Glacier Retreat and Groundwater Recharge in Central Chile: Analysis to Inform Decision-Making for Sustainable Water Resources Management

  • Verónica Urbina,
  • Roberto Pizarro,
  • Solange Jara,
  • Paulina López,
  • Alfredo Ibáñez,
  • Claudia Sangüesa,
  • Cristóbal Toledo,
  • Madeleine Guillen,
  • Héctor L. Venegas-Quiñones and
  • Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich
  • + 2 authors

29 May 2025

Glaciers worldwide are in retreat, and their meltwater can modulate mountain aquifers. We examined whether mass loss of the Juncal Norte Glacier (central Chile) has affected groundwater storage in the Juncal River basin between 1990 and 2022. Recessi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,872 Views
26 Pages

4 August 2025

Population aging poses significant challenges to the sustainability of pension systems. This study presents an integrated methodological approach that uniquely combines actuarial life-cycle modeling with agent-based simulation to assess the potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,457 Views
12 Pages

The Hexokinase 1 5′-UTR Mutation in Charcot–Marie–Tooth 4G Disease Alters Hexokinase 1 Binding to Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel-1 and Leads to Dysfunctional Mitochondrial Calcium Buffering

  • Maria Ceprian,
  • Raul Juntas-Morales,
  • Graham Campbell,
  • Ulrike Walther-Louvier,
  • François Rivier,
  • William Camu,
  • Florence Esselin,
  • Andoni Echaniz-Laguna,
  • Tanya Stojkovic and
  • Nicolas Tricaud
  • + 2 authors

Demyelinating Charcot–Marie–Tooth 4G (CMT4G) results from a recessive mutation in the 5′UTR region of the Hexokinase 1 (HK1) gene. HK participates in mitochondrial calcium homeostasis by binding to the Voltage-Dependent Anion Channe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,492 Views
24 Pages

24 January 2025

Learning from a nonstationary data stream is challenging, as a data stream is generally considered to be endless, and the learning model is required to be constantly amended for adapting the shifting data distributions. When it meets multi-label data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,650 Views
12 Pages

A considerable amount of people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience ongoing symptoms, a condition termed long COVID. This study examined nuanced experiences of social stigma in people with long COVID and their associations with perceive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations

22 September 2023

The literature suggests that older adults have developed mental health problems and health challenges since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic-related isolation, job loss, lack of social support, the inability to access healthcare servi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,500 Views
23 Pages

Forest Structure Drives Fuel Moisture Response across Alternative Forest States

  • Tegan P. Brown,
  • Assaf Inbar,
  • Thomas J. Duff,
  • Jamie Burton,
  • Philip J. Noske,
  • Patrick N. J. Lane and
  • Gary J. Sheridan

15 August 2021

Climate warming is expected to increase fire frequency in many productive obligate seeder forests, where repeated high-intensity fire can initiate stand conversion to alternative states with contrasting structure. These vegetation–fire interactions m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,061 Views
24 Pages

Landscape Metrics as Ecological Indicators for PM10 Prediction in European Cities

  • Seyedehmehrmanzar Sohrab,
  • Nándor Csikós and
  • Péter Szilassi

21 December 2024

Despite significant progress in recent decades, air pollution remains the leading environmental cause of premature death in Europe. Urban populations are particularly exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, such as particulate matter smalle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,842 Views
36 Pages

Magmatic processes dominate Fe–Ti–V mineralization and revealing these processes is essential for providing a scientific foundation for exploration models. This study focuses on the metamorphosed Neoarchean (ca. 2728 Ma) tholeiitic layere...

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